Lamp.  An eye.  The cove has a queer lamp.  The man
  has a blind or squinting eye.

Land.  How lies the land?  How stands the reckoning? 
  Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man
  at whose door the glass stands long, or who does not
  ciculate it in due time.

Land LOPERS, or land Lubbers.  Vagabonds lurking
  about the country who subsist by pilfering.

Land pirates.  Highwaymen.

Lank sleeve.  The empty sleeve of a one armed man. 
  A fellow with a lank sleeve; a man who has lost an arm.

LANSPRISADO.  One who has only two-pence in his pocket. 
  Also a lance, or deputy corporal; that is, one doing the
  duty without the pay of a corporal.  Formerly a lancier, or
  horseman, who being dismounted by the death of his
  horse, served in the foot, by the title of lansprisado, or
  lancepesato, a broken lance.

Lanthorn-jawed. Thin-visaged:  from their cheeksbeing almost
  transparent.  Or else, lenten jawed; i.e. having
  the jaws of one emaciated by a too rigid observation of
  Lent.  Dark lanthorn; a servant or agent at court, who
  receives a bribe for his principal or master.

Lap.  Butter-milk or whey.  Cant.

Lark.  A boat.

Lark.  A piece of merriment.  People playing together jocosely.

Larry Dugan’s eye water.  Blacking:  Larry Dugan
  was a famous shoe-black at Dublin.

Latch.  Let in.

Lathy.  Thin, slender.  A lathy wench; a girl almost as
  slender as a lath.

LATITAT.  A nick-name for an attorney; from the name of
  a writ.

Lavender.  Laid up in lavender; pawned.

Laugh.  To laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; to cry. 
  I’ll make him laugh on the wrong (or t’other) side of his
  mouth.

Launch.  The delivery, or labour, of a pregnant woman;
  a crying out or groaning.

Law.  To give law to a hare; a sporting term, signifying to
  give the animal a chance of escaping, by not setting on
  the dogs till the hare is at some distance; it is also more
  figuratively used for giving any one a chance of succeeding
  in a scheme or project.

Lawful blanket.  A wife.

Lay.  Enterprize, pursuit, or attempt:  to be sick of the
  lay.  It also means a hazard or chance:  he stands a queer
  lay; i.e. he is in danger.  Cant.

LAYSTALL.  A dunghill about London, on which the soil
  brought from necessary houses is emptied; or, in more
  technical terms, where the old gold collected at weddings
  by the Tom t—­d man, is stored.

Lazy.  As lazy as Ludman’s dog, who leaned against the
  wall to bark.  As lazy as the tinker, who laid down his
  budget to f—­t.